Music as a Weapon
Moving Image Production renewed the successful co-operation with director Arjanne Laan (Mama Calle, Velo Negro) with the project Music as a Weapon. Music as a Weapon is a feature documentary about the power of music. The subject is musicians in exile. Arjanne Laans' mission is to unravel why repressive regimes fear music and why they are so eager to persecute musicians. Importa
nt character in Music as a Weapon is Dutch/Chilean composer Patricio Wang. In Chile he was charged by the military regime of Pinochet, because he made “wrong” music. Patricio left Chile forty years ago, but only recently he could transform his experiences into a piece of music. The development of Music as a Weapon is financed by the Prins Bernhard Cultural Fund; the Dutch Film Fund and Cinecrowd funding. Current status: in research / in production
Expected Podcast release dates: mid 2019 up to 2022
Moving Image Production is an independent production company based in The Netherlands. The company specializes in creative documentaries for television and for cinema release. Our main focus is on history, politics, culture and human interest. Besides documentaries we like to pick up shorts for television. Our productions are author driven and have a high production value. Many of them are welcomed with international acclaim, considering the prizes, and are broadcasted in many countries.
